Las “verdades dolorosas” de Haití: una lectura poscolonizada del trauma en An Untamed State, de Roxane Gay

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https://doi.org/10.24197/ersjes.43.2022.265-287

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trauma poscolonial, resiliencia, violación sistémica, victimarios, literatura haitiano-americana

Resumen

Recurriendo a un enfoque poscolonizado del paradigma del trauma tradicional, en este artículo se analiza la novela de Roxane Gay, An Untamed State, como una novela de trauma que no solo trata el Trastorno por Estrés Postraumático que sufre la protagonista haitiano-americana después de su rapto y violación en Puerto Príncipe, como ha sugerido la crítica hasta hoy día. Concretamente, se pretende demostrar que la heroína de Gay es una superviviente resiliente de un trauma provocado por su violación y también por el golpe traumático que su contacto directo con los problemas sociales y de género de Haití supone para su identidad haitiana. Finalmente, el ensayo examina cómo la novela explora los traumas culturales no resueltos derivados de los efectos del (pos)colonialismo en Haití, los cuales empujan a los victimarios de la protagonista a cometer esos actos tan terribles.

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2022-11-23

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Las “verdades dolorosas” de Haití: una lectura poscolonizada del trauma en An Untamed State, de Roxane Gay. (2022). ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies, 43, 265-287. https://doi.org/10.24197/ersjes.43.2022.265-287